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Zero-day vulnerabilities discovered: 1

Hardcoded credentials in Siemens SIMATIC WinCC and PSC 7 SCADA systems
CVE-2010-2772

Hardcoded credentials

The vulnerability allows a local user to obtain hardcoded credentials.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of hardcoded password to access back-end database. A local user can obtain password and gain unaithorized access SCADA system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain complete control over the industrial process.

Note: this vulnerability is being actively exploited by the Stuxnet malware.
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The vulnerabiilty was used by Stuxnet malware together with CVE-2012-3015.

Software: Siemens SIMATIC WinCC

The vulnerabiilty was used by Stuxnet malware together with CVE-2012-3015.

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/document/43876783/simatic-wincc-simatic-pcs-7%3A-information...
https://www.cnet.com/news/siemens-warns-stuxnet-targets-of-password-risk/

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